diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4c454dfa..a38f812a9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         src/detection/gpu/gpu_windows.cpp
         src/detection/host/host_windows.c
         src/detection/icons/icons_windows.c
-        src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_nosupport.c
+        src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_windows.c
         src/detection/keyboard/keyboard_windows.c
         src/detection/libc/libc_windows.cpp
         src/detection/lm/lm_nosupport.c
diff --git a/src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_windows.c b/src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_windows.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b4e64772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/detection/initsystem/initsystem_windows.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#include "initsystem.h"
+#include "common/windows/unicode.h"
+#include "common/windows/nt.h"
+#include "common/windows/version.h"
+
+#include <ntstatus.h>
+#include <winternl.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+const char* ffDetectInitSystem(FFInitSystemResult* result) {
+    // We only need to find the first user process, so 1024 entries should be enough
+    SYSTEM_PROCESS_INFORMATION buffer[1024] = {};
+    ULONG size = sizeof(buffer);
+    NTSTATUS status = NtQuerySystemInformation(SystemProcessInformation, buffer, size, &size);
+    if (status != STATUS_INFO_LENGTH_MISMATCH && !NT_SUCCESS(status)) {
+        return "NtQuerySystemInformation(SystemProcessInformation) failed";
+    }
+
+    for (SYSTEM_PROCESS_INFORMATION* ptr = buffer; ; ptr = (SYSTEM_PROCESS_INFORMATION*) ((uint8_t*) ptr + ptr->NextEntryOffset)) {
+        assert(ptr >= buffer && (uint8_t*) ptr < (uint8_t*) buffer + size);
+        uint16_t len = ptr->ImageName.Length / sizeof(*ptr->ImageName.Buffer);
+        if (ptr->InheritedFromUniqueProcessId == (HANDLE)(uintptr_t) 4 /* System */ &&
+            len > 4 && _wcsnicmp(ptr->ImageName.Buffer + len - 4, L".exe", 4) == 0) { // smss.exe
+            result->pid = (uint32_t)(uintptr_t) ptr->UniqueProcessId;
+            // We have no permission to open the process for querying the full information
+            wchar_t exePath[MAX_PATH];
+            _snwprintf(exePath, ARRAY_SIZE(exePath), L"%ls\\system32\\%.*ls", (const wchar_t*) SharedUserData->NtSystemRoot, len, ptr->ImageName.Buffer);
+            ffGetFileVersion(exePath, NULL, &result->version);
+            ffStrbufSetWS(&result->exe, exePath);
+            ffStrbufSetNWS(&result->name, len - 4, ptr->ImageName.Buffer);
+            return nullptr;
+        }
+        // The last process in the list always has a NextEntryOffset of 0, even if the buffer was truncated.
+        if (!ptr->NextEntryOffset) {
+            return "Could not find init system process";
+        }
+    }
+}